Summer Volunteering

The Land and Culture Organization is recruiting volunteers for its 2004 summer campaigns.

The deadline is May 21st, and this year they have programs at Dprevank, Vardenis and Shoushi Hospital.

For over 27 years the LCO has organized summer programs - popularly called "Campaigns" - in which volunteers from Europe, Canada, the United States and elsewhere join together on ancestral sites. They apply their physical energy and mental ingenuity to a variety of tasks in architectural preservation, land cultivation and community development. LCO Summer Campaigns not only afford Armenians in the Diaspora the rare experience of discovering their ancestral roots and expanding their cultural horizons, but they also create opportunities that put ideals into action.

From their site:

A typical day at the worksite

08:00 - breakfast: homemade bread, cheese, tea
08:45 - walk through the village to work site
09:00 - work (clean, paint, chizzle, dig, cut...)
12:00 - walk back home for home made lunch
01:00 - rest (listen music, write diary or take a nap)
02:00 - back to work (more painting, digging...)
05:00 - return home for dinner, swim in the river
06:30 - organize a soccer match with the youth
08:00 - meet the village mayor to discuss
09:00 - get invited to a villagers' home for coffee
09:30 - have a campfire near the center

More information is on their site.

Posted by Matt on April 07, 2004 | TrackBack | Email to a friend